<div dir="ltr">Sight and Sound is most definitely not the world's oldest film magazine. Box Office, American Cinematographer and Hollywood Reporter all started up in the late silent era. <div><br></div><div>The oldest film magazine is Variety, which started up in 1905. Billboard is older, late 1800s; it covered all kinds of entertainment, including cinema. I remember hearing that it shifted to music when Variety proved stiff competition for motion picture coverage. </div><div><br></div><div>Playbill is also old—1800s?—and I wonder if they covered film at all. I've never looked. </div><div><br></div><div>I wonder about publications in other languages. There must be some older than Sight and Sound......</div><div><br></div><div>In any case, that Kinema Junpo could sustain publication for a century speaks to the incredible vibrancy of Japanese film history! Pretty amazing when you think about it. </div><div><br></div><div>Someone could write a book about it. But I now Yuki Nakayama is writing on a smaller chunk. Yuki?</div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:48 PM Roger Macy via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydp8968d4f5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Not sure, but I know one that is <u>not</u> 100 years old. The BFI put out a press release on the 7th June that 'Sight and Sound' was "the world's oldest film magazine". I emailed straight back, copying Nick James, saying ""<span>Launched in 1932, <i>Sight & Sound</i> is the world’s oldest film magazine</span>"<div><div>I don't think so! </div><div>Even Kinema Junpo, launched in 1919, only claims to be Japan's oldest film magazine."</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I never heard back and they didn't correct.</div><div dir="ltr">R.<br></div></div></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, 11 July 2019, 13:14:28 BST, Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><div>Yes, it is. Does anyone know of other film magazines still in publication that are 100 years old?<div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">KineJun is not a “pure” 100 years old, since it stopped publication several times. First, during the war, after having to change its name to Eiga junpo. It began again under its original name in March 1946, but stopped again in April 1950, only to start again in November 1950. It has been continually publishing since then.</div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">It is important to talk about KineJun’s flaws, but it is also important to remember that KineJun has had many existences, especially under different editors. In the mid-1990s, for instance, KineJun was actually publishing a number of pieces that bordered on the academic. (That is less so these days). Somebody should try to do a history of KineJun.</div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">Aaron<br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"><div><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"><blockquote class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" type="cite"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141yqt8675673938" id="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141yqtfd40214"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">2019/07/11 午前8:36、matteo boscarol via KineJapan <<a shape="rect" class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>>のメール:</div><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141yqt8675673938" id="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141yqtfd06355"><div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"></span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" dir="ltr"></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"></span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" dir="ltr"></div></div><div>Dear All, <div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="font-size:12pt">The first number of Kinema Junpō was published on this day (July 11th) in 1919. Regardless of its flaws, I think it’s quite an accomplishment. </span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="font-size:12pt"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="font-size:12pt">Regards</span></div><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">Matteo Boscarol<br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></span><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">ボスカロル マッテオ</span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">記憶ただ陽炎のゆらめき</span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141">- Documentary in Japan and Asia</span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><a shape="rect" class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" href="http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com</a></span></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px">- Film writer for Il Manifesto</div></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><a shape="rect" class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" href="http://ilmanifesto.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ilmanifesto.it</a></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141"><span class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" style="line-height:24px"></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none">KineJapan mailing list<br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"><a shape="rect" class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" href="mailto:KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu</a><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"><a href="https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan" target="_blank">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan</a><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"><br class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyiv7763745141" clear="none"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyqt8675673938" id="gmail-m_5308225735600981240ydpec8f44ccyqtfd15869">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">KineJapan mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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